Murder Can Cool Off Your Affair
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Publisher Description
Rich-as-Croesus Uncle Victor has only a few months to live. Edward, his favorite nephew and heir to his fortune, was recently shot to death. Now a second nephew, John Lander—next in line to inherit—is enlisting the help of Manhattan PI Desiree Shapiro. It seems that just days ago John himself managed to avoid a close encounter with a bullet.
Desiree soon learns that three of Uncle Victor’s other relatives stand to benefit handsomely if both John and Edward should die before the old man does. Which makes the dedicated foodie’s new client far from the ideal life insurance candidate. But her persistent sleuthing among the decidedly devious trio of suspects fails to uncover a single clue to the assailant’s identity. And eventually Desiree begins to fear that she’s been overlooking someone. Someone who’s stayed one step ahead of her all the time.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
New York PI Desiree Shapiro, the plump, all-too-human heroine of Eichler's mouthwatering mystery series (Murder Can Upset Your Mother, etc.), pleases the palate once again in this brisk, entertaining read. Desiree's most recent client, John Lander, is due to inherit his Uncle Victor's sizeable fortune now that the previous heir, Edward, is dead. After a close call with a stray bullet, John hires Desiree to solve two mysteries who wants him dead and who murdered his cousin Edward? Through persistent sleuthing, the food-loving detective pieces together a short list of suspects who might benefit from Edward's death, but she has no clear idea which is the assailant. The police have a hypothesis of their own. They believe John killed Edward and faked the attempt on his own life in order to paint himself as a victim, but Desiree is reluctant to admit that her client may be a murderer. Chatty conversations pad the narrative, and zany but well-rounded characters some of whom are familiar from Eichler's previous books flesh out the story. In addition, culinary references, woven into the narrative in such a manner as to enhance rather than distract, serve as an enjoyable and delectable counterpoint to the action.
